Iran's state-run media reported the successful test of a new precision-guided long-range missile. The Emad surface-to-surface missile is a variant long-range missile and can be precision-guided until it reaches its target. It can carry a 750 kilograms payload and is scheduled for deployment sometime after 2016.

The missile has a range of 1,700 kilometers and is accurate within 500 metres of the target. The Emad would be Tehran's first precision guided missile with a range to meet its enemy, the Israel.

Anthony Cordesman, a researcher at the Center for Strategic and International Studies said in a report that Tehran has been steadily working to improve its existing missile technology which had poor accuracy and uncertain reliability.